Expert group
Education and Training
In a context of a rapid development of the criminal justice field and the growing importance of probation measures as more effective and with less economic cost, the training of probation professionals has become crucial and challenging. In addition, the transfer of probation supervision orders between Member States has emphasised the need for comparable and equivalent practice across jurisdictions. In these circumstances, it is important to share knowledge and training expertise across Europe, train probation staff as specialized professionals and to share good practices, training methodologies and materials to assure quality training and practice.
The group
CEP is working on the following objectives:
Members
Cristina Pestana (Chair)
DGRSP, Portugal
Eoin Ryan
Irish Probation Service, Ireland
Duygu Altin
Yalova Probation Service, Turkey
Yvonne Morick
Freiburg Probation Service, Germany
Angel Genov Topkarov
Bulgaria Probation Service
Maja Zawadzka
University of Justice, Poland
Michael McCracken
PBNI, Northen Ireland
Sara Arata
Italian Probation Service – Ministry of Justice, Italy
Speakers
Cristina Pestana (Chair)
DGRSP, Portugal
Eoin Ryan
Irish Probation Service, Ireland
Duygu Altin
Yalova Probation Service, Turkey
Yvonne Morick
Freiburg Probation Service, Germany
Angel Genov Topkarov
Bulgaria Probation Service
Maja Zawadzka
University of Justice, Poland
Michael McCracken
PBNI, Northen Ireland
Sara Arata
Italian Probation Service – Ministry of Justice, Italy
Members
The CEP is pleased to inform its members that a new dedicated section has been developed on the CEP website featuring an interactive map of Europe.
If you click on the training center’s location (the red dot), you will be directed to that center’s website. When you hover over it, the center’s contact details will be displayed.
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